Can we discuss pet peeves here? (5 Viewers)

[massraider]

I think we’re the only culture that has to have eggs/bacon/etc as a breakfast item. Other cultures don’t have such distinction. Asians eats rice for breakfast, Europeans eat lunch meat, etc.

This is why we are number one! U-S-A
U-S-A U-S-A

It's a really strong argument.

Seriously, everyone else that didn't discover bacon really dropped the ball

 

[ignatiusjreilly]

I think we’re the only culture that has to have eggs/bacon/etc as a breakfast item. Other cultures don’t have such distinction. Asians eats rice for breakfast, Europeans eat lunch meat, etc.

Yeah, it’s totally a psychological thing for me. I don’t have any issues eating breakfast food for lunch or dinner; eggs, pancakes, even cereal. But a salad, a regular sandwich, even steak and eggs feels like a violation of God’s law

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Directv is fighting with Tegna again. At least before all this, we got the local stations no question.

Directv sucks.

 

[ignatiusjreilly]

Work colleague just gave birth to twin boys. Named them Myles and Mylo. Why would you go and guarantee them a lifetime of confusion like that?

On the other hand, maybe at least one of them can grow up to be a professional athlete like Leonard and Lanard Fournette (pretty sure they're not twins, though)

 

[BeTheMatch]

Work colleague just gave birth to twin boys. Named them Myles and Mylo. Why would you go and guarantee them a lifetime of confusion like that?

On the other hand, maybe at least one of them can grow up to be a professional athlete like Leonard and Lanard Fournette (pretty sure they're not twins, though)

Another death penalty case

 

[DA RAIDERS]

This is probably more of a Miami thing, but today I had a breakfast meeting where they served empanadas. When you get a breakfast burrito or a breakfast taco, they usually have something breakfasty in them, like eggs. But breakfast empanadas are literally the same ones you would get if you ordered them later in the day: chicken, spinach, ham and cheese. For some reason, I just find that wrong

Gotta go with you there. That's just lunch.

Good point. If they had put out tuna sandwiches or turkey wraps, no one would have considered that acceptable. This is no different

Maybe they were pates. In the Caribbean I get pates for breakfast when I go diving. Lovely greasy meat filled pastry crescents. Delicious.

 

[massraider]

Work colleague just gave birth to twin boys. Named them Myles and Mylo. Why would you go and guarantee them a lifetime of confusion like that?

On the other hand, maybe at least one of them can grow up to be a professional athlete like Leonard and Lanard Fournette (pretty sure they're not twins, though)

You can just tell with names sometimes. Myles might have been able to go pro, but pivot to a FinTech startup after an injury, and make millions.

Mylo winds up fighting bath salts addiction his whole life, and settles in as a WalMart greeter after he gets clean.

 

[IvanKaramazov]

I think we’re the only culture that has to have eggs/bacon/etc as a breakfast item. Other cultures don’t have such distinction. Asians eats rice for breakfast, Europeans eat lunch meat, etc.

Yeah, but our breakfast food is legitimately better than what those countries have to offer. You're right that American breakfasts are kind of distinctive, but they're distinctive in a good way. Our biggest problem is getting all-day breakfast menus to become a regular thing, not replacing our breakfasts with the sorry spreads they put out in Europe.

(Seriously, what kind of person picks a croissant and day-old lunchmeat over huevos rancheros or biscuits and gravy?)

 

[ignatiusjreilly]

I think we’re the only culture that has to have eggs/bacon/etc as a breakfast item. Other cultures don’t have such distinction. Asians eats rice for breakfast, Europeans eat lunch meat, etc.

Yeah, but our breakfast food is legitimately better than what those countries have to offer. You're right that American breakfasts are kind of distinctive, but they're distinctive in a good way. Our biggest problem is getting all-day breakfast menus to become a regular thing, not replacing our breakfasts with the sorry spreads they put out in Europe.

(Seriously, what kind of person picks a croissant and day-old lunchmeat over huevos rancheros or biscuits and gravy?)

Are we allowed to take credit for huevos rancheros?

 

[ignatiusjreilly]

Work colleague just gave birth to twin boys. Named them Myles and Mylo. Why would you go and guarantee them a lifetime of confusion like that?

On the other hand, maybe at least one of them can grow up to be a professional athlete like Leonard and Lanard Fournette (pretty sure they're not twins, though)

My mother is an identical twin. Her name is Carol. My grandparents almost named my aunt Lynn, but then they were worried people would assume it was one girl named Carolyn.

 

[Scoresman]

I think we’re the only culture that has to have eggs/bacon/etc as a breakfast item. Other cultures don’t have such distinction. Asians eats rice for breakfast, Europeans eat lunch meat, etc.

Yeah, but our breakfast food is legitimately better than what those countries have to offer. You're right that American breakfasts are kind of distinctive, but they're distinctive in a good way. Our biggest problem is getting all-day breakfast menus to become a regular thing, not replacing our breakfasts with the sorry spreads they put out in Europe.

(Seriously, what kind of person picks a croissant and day-old lunchmeat over huevos rancheros or biscuits and gravy?)

I like them equally. You're not getting day old lunchmeat in Europe. Have you even even been? Best bread, cheese, and charcuterie in the world. One of my favorite breakfasts ever was waking up in Italy on my honeymoon to a spread of breads, fruit, cheese, and lunchmeat.

That said, I also love a good eggs/bacon/potatoes/toast breakfast too. A Denny's grand slam sounds good right now.

 

[eoMMan]

People acknowledging birthdays of deceased celebrities long after they died. “Shandling would have been 73 today but he died 6 years ago.”

Okay.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

People acknowledging birthdays of deceased celebrities long after they died. “Shandling would have been 73 today but he died 6 years ago.”

Okay.

R. I. P. Mark Twain. He would have been 188 today.

 

[supermike80]

People acknowledging birthdays of deceased celebrities long after they died. “Shandling would have been 73 today but he died 6 years ago.”

Okay.

Ohhhh,....Feedling off that. When people quote celebrity's lines they said in movies that they attribute to the actor. No dude, it wasn't Robin Williams that said that line, it was the writer that wrote it, Robin just recited it(in most cases).

 

[the moops]

I think we’re the only culture that has to have eggs/bacon/etc as a breakfast item. Other cultures don’t have such distinction. Asians eats rice for breakfast, Europeans eat lunch meat, etc.

Yeah, but our breakfast food is legitimately better than what those countries have to offer. You're right that American breakfasts are kind of distinctive, but they're distinctive in a good way. Our biggest problem is getting all-day breakfast menus to become a regular thing, not replacing our breakfasts with the sorry spreads they put out in Europe.

(Seriously, what kind of person picks a croissant and day-old lunchmeat over huevos rancheros or biscuits and gravy?)

Are we allowed to take credit for huevos rancheros?

'American" still works, so yes

 

[General Malaise]

I think we’re the only culture that has to have eggs/bacon/etc as a breakfast item. Other cultures don’t have such distinction. Asians eats rice for breakfast, Europeans eat lunch meat, etc.

Yeah, but our breakfast food is legitimately better than what those countries have to offer. You're right that American breakfasts are kind of distinctive, but they're distinctive in a good way. Our biggest problem is getting all-day breakfast menus to become a regular thing, not replacing our breakfasts with the sorry spreads they put out in Europe.

(Seriously, what kind of person picks a croissant and day-old lunchmeat over huevos rancheros or biscuits and gravy?)

I like them equally. You're not getting day old lunchmeat in Europe. Have you even even been? Best bread, cheese, and charcuterie in the world. One of my favorite breakfasts ever was waking up in Italy on my honeymoon to a spread of breads, fruit, cheese, and lunchmeat.

That said, I also love a good eggs/bacon/potatoes/toast breakfast too. A Denny's grand slam sounds good right now.

Moons Over My Hammy is a top 10 late-night drunk sandwich option.

 

[Keerock]

People acknowledging birthdays of deceased celebrities long after they died. “Shandling would have been 73 today but he died 6 years ago.”

Okay.

Ohhhh,....Feedling off that. When people quote celebrity's lines they said in movies that they attribute to the actor. No dude, it wasn't Robin Williams that said that line, it was the writer that wrote it, Robin just recited it(in most cases).

As Warren Oates once said... Lighten up, Francis!

 

[belljr]

I think we’re the only culture that has to have eggs/bacon/etc as a breakfast item. Other cultures don’t have such distinction. Asians eats rice for breakfast, Europeans eat lunch meat, etc.

Yeah, but our breakfast food is legitimately better than what those countries have to offer. You're right that American breakfasts are kind of distinctive, but they're distinctive in a good way. Our biggest problem is getting all-day breakfast menus to become a regular thing, not replacing our breakfasts with the sorry spreads they put out in Europe.

(Seriously, what kind of person picks a croissant and day-old lunchmeat over huevos rancheros or biscuits and gravy?)

I like them equally. You're not getting day old lunchmeat in Europe. Have you even even been? Best bread, cheese, and charcuterie in the world. One of my favorite breakfasts ever was waking up in Italy on my honeymoon to a spread of breads, fruit, cheese, and lunchmeat.

That said, I also love a good eggs/bacon/potatoes/toast breakfast too. A Denny's grand slam sounds good right now.

Moons Over My Hammy is a top 10 late-night drunk sandwich option.

There's only 2 things good at 3am .....

Any eggs, egg sandwich, pancake from the diner OR
Taco Bell

 

[the moops]

Ohhhh,....Feedling off that. When people quote celebrity's lines they said in movies that they attribute to the actor. No dude, it wasn't Robin Williams that said that line, it was the writer that wrote it, Robin just recited it(in most cases).

Of course it was Robin Williams that said it

 

[the moops]

I think we’re the only culture that has to have eggs/bacon/etc as a breakfast item. Other cultures don’t have such distinction. Asians eats rice for breakfast, Europeans eat lunch meat, etc.

Yeah, but our breakfast food is legitimately better than what those countries have to offer. You're right that American breakfasts are kind of distinctive, but they're distinctive in a good way. Our biggest problem is getting all-day breakfast menus to become a regular thing, not replacing our breakfasts with the sorry spreads they put out in Europe.

(Seriously, what kind of person picks a croissant and day-old lunchmeat over huevos rancheros or biscuits and gravy?)

I like them equally. You're not getting day old lunchmeat in Europe. Have you even even been? Best bread, cheese, and charcuterie in the world. One of my favorite breakfasts ever was waking up in Italy on my honeymoon to a spread of breads, fruit, cheese, and lunchmeat.

That said, I also love a good eggs/bacon/potatoes/toast breakfast too. A Denny's grand slam sounds good right now.

Moons Over My Hammy is a top 10 late-night drunk sandwich option.

There's only 2 things good at 3am .....

Any eggs, egg sandwich, pancake from the diner OR
Taco Bell

pizza

 

[belljr]

I think we’re the only culture that has to have eggs/bacon/etc as a breakfast item. Other cultures don’t have such distinction. Asians eats rice for breakfast, Europeans eat lunch meat, etc.

Yeah, but our breakfast food is legitimately better than what those countries have to offer. You're right that American breakfasts are kind of distinctive, but they're distinctive in a good way. Our biggest problem is getting all-day breakfast menus to become a regular thing, not replacing our breakfasts with the sorry spreads they put out in Europe.

(Seriously, what kind of person picks a croissant and day-old lunchmeat over huevos rancheros or biscuits and gravy?)

I like them equally. You're not getting day old lunchmeat in Europe. Have you even even been? Best bread, cheese, and charcuterie in the world. One of my favorite breakfasts ever was waking up in Italy on my honeymoon to a spread of breads, fruit, cheese, and lunchmeat.

That said, I also love a good eggs/bacon/potatoes/toast breakfast too. A Denny's grand slam sounds good right now.

Moons Over My Hammy is a top 10 late-night drunk sandwich option.

There's only 2 things good at 3am .....

Any eggs, egg sandwich, pancake from the diner OR
Taco Bell

pizza

3 Things!!!!!

My apologies

 

[Drunken knight]

I think we’re the only culture that has to have eggs/bacon/etc as a breakfast item. Other cultures don’t have such distinction. Asians eats rice for breakfast, Europeans eat lunch meat, etc.

Yeah, but our breakfast food is legitimately better than what those countries have to offer. You're right that American breakfasts are kind of distinctive, but they're distinctive in a good way. Our biggest problem is getting all-day breakfast menus to become a regular thing, not replacing our breakfasts with the sorry spreads they put out in Europe.

(Seriously, what kind of person picks a croissant and day-old lunchmeat over huevos rancheros or biscuits and gravy?)

I like them equally. You're not getting day old lunchmeat in Europe. Have you even even been? Best bread, cheese, and charcuterie in the world. One of my favorite breakfasts ever was waking up in Italy on my honeymoon to a spread of breads, fruit, cheese, and lunchmeat.

That said, I also love a good eggs/bacon/potatoes/toast breakfast too. A Denny's grand slam sounds good right now.

Moons Over My Hammy is a top 10 late-night drunk sandwich option.

There's only 2 things good at 3am .....

Any eggs, egg sandwich, pancake from the diner OR
Taco Bell

in college (san diego)... roberto's when driving back north from TJ

also good with a late night patty melt

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

People acknowledging birthdays of deceased celebrities long after they died. “Shandling would have been 73 today but he died 6 years ago.”

Okay.

R. I. P. Mark Twain. He would have been 188 today.

RIP Henry Kissinger. He would have been 100 today.

Waaait a minute...

 

[DA RAIDERS]

The 3500 calorie American breakfast might be a contributing factor to the American fatness. Just maybe.

 

[ignatiusjreilly]

People acknowledging birthdays of deceased celebrities long after they died. “Shandling would have been 73 today but he died 6 years ago.”

Okay.

My pet peeve related to celebrity deaths: Randos who post messages addressed to the luminary on social media after their death is announced.

"RIP, Steve Jobs, and thank you for giving us so much of the technology that has transformed our lives."

Hate to break it to ya, but I don't think Jobs is sitting up in heaven thumbing through Twitter and saying, "Wow, what a nice message from chunkylover69!"

 

[Keerock]

The 3500 calorie American breakfast might be a contributing factor to the American fatness. Just maybe.

What if we eat said breakfast for lunch?

 

[DA RAIDERS]

The 3500 calorie American breakfast might be a contributing factor to the American fatness. Just maybe.

What if we eat said breakfast for lunch?

Did you hVe 3 Krispy Kremes and a 1000 calorie sugary coffee for breakfast?

 

[Keerock]

The 3500 calorie American breakfast might be a contributing factor to the American fatness. Just maybe.

What if we eat said breakfast for lunch?

Did you hVe 3 Krispy Kremes and a 1000 calorie sugary coffee for breakfast?

Not today...

 

[ProstheticRGK]

Work colleague just gave birth to twin boys. Named them Myles and Mylo. Why would you go and guarantee them a lifetime of confusion like that?

On the other hand, maybe at least one of them can grow up to be a professional athlete like Leonard and Lanard Fournette (pretty sure they're not twins, though)

Ray Romano had a great but about having twins, and how he hated when people would name them similar sounding names because it would screw them up for life. Then hit the ounchline with their names being Gregory and Schmegory.

 

[belljr]

The 3500 calorie American breakfast might be a contributing factor to the American fatness. Just maybe.

Commie

 

[DA RAIDERS]

The 3500 calorie American breakfast might be a contributing factor to the American fatness. Just maybe.

Commie

 

[Dezbelief]

When the strainer used to drain is bigger than the pot. You don't have to use the biggest strainer every time. Why?

 

[ignatiusjreilly]

Work colleague just gave birth to twin boys. Named them Myles and Mylo. Why would you go and guarantee them a lifetime of confusion like that?

On the other hand, maybe at least one of them can grow up to be a professional athlete like Leonard and Lanard Fournette (pretty sure they're not twins, though)

Ray Romano had a great but about having twins, and how he hated when people would name them similar sounding names because it would screw them up for life. Then hit the ounchline with their names being Gregory and Schmegory.

I once met twins named Barbie and Marnie. They said their parents wanted names that rhymed

Meanwhile, a friend had boy-girl twins who he named Ben and Anna (say the two names together quickly)

 

[belljr]

Someone explain this to me.....I may even have posted before.

My wife places a Walmart order online, we'll say 15 items.

We will end up with like 5 deliveries that day from various Walmart delivery people in their cars. And it's just so random. Somebody just delivered one tube of skin lotion.....

I don't get it

 

[Snoopy]

Knew of a Myron and Byron. Even if parents wanted to rhyme, why those names?

 

[ignatiusjreilly]

Knew of a Myron and Byron. Even if parents wanted to rhyme, why those names?

If I had to prioritize who to give wedgies to, I would definitely target Myron before Byron

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Somebody just delivered one tube of skin lotion.....

I don't get it

Do I need to explain this to you?

 

[3C's]

I hate when people not named Neil Diamond sing Sweet Caroline. It's so awful and I wish people would retire/ban that song.

So good, so good, so good

 

[3C's]

pretty ****ing sick of people telling me to "just sign up for X" music/tv service instead of having cable

"dude, just get youtubetv and netflix and hulu and paramount and disney and espn+ and peacock nstead of cable". sure. it will cost.. roughly? the same but in 6 months each of them ups their rates, changes the terms of service, you have to pay a premium to get what you had before and/or they pile on unblockable ads mid-show. and in a year paramount won't exist anymore but so what.. you can just sign up for 2 years of MGM+ since they are buying the HGTV channel and Amazon owns them both so you can get a discount on Prime shipping + get that channel for $29/month instead of $49.

and why would i have a radio without Sirius? and if you're going to get it just get premium service for multiple vehicles + home. it's only $69 a month.

and why am i using an Android phone instead of an iPhone? Android doesn't even have the extra 2 pixels that the iPhone 15a(1).2 has this month. and they're even adding another pixel to the 15a(2).11.a in 3 months, but you'll have to buy the new phone to get that and a new charger because your old one won't be compatible. thankfully it's only $119 a month for the service and a new phone is just $1200, or $1600 if you want a color other than black... and who just wants a black phone when you get custom design your own color combo for another $400 + $19 a month??

sure, i'll cut back on my extravagant $13/day Starbucks habit to partially fund mby new $982/month tv & radio subscription package that i clearly need to have because everyone else has it.

and i can pay the bills in person driving my 2024 vehicle with the 6-year loan at $820 a month.

i'm a well heeled FBG after all who just ****ing ****s money, these are things everyone has and it's important that i do what everyone else obviously does because, duh.


oh, and how can i forget subscription services to operate my dishwasher, fridge, hvac and oven. there are apps for all those things that you can just pay for instead of manually operating them like some plebe. which, of course i won't really need anyways because my grubhub subscription delivers me food daily and my maid subscription cleans up after me. it's all on an app, i just have to pay to skip the ads on it before i order a meal and watch a short video to unlock the box the food comes in.

Oh, hi mrs furley!

 

[3C's]

A few pages ago someone posted about people and their phones playing audibly in public. And then there were posts about pizza. Tying those together, I was at a pizza shop yesterday enjoying a couple of slices and some nerd was talking into his watch, cuz you know he's cool like that. Very loud such that I could hear him from the other side of the room. "Hey George, did you get my message?" "George, did you get my message?" "Just checking to make sure you got my message."

Took a bit of restraint not to yell "dude, he's probably somewhere trying to enjoy a nice quiet lunch"

 

[Scoresman]

A few pages ago someone posted about people and their phones playing audibly in public. And then there were posts about pizza. Tying those together, I was at a pizza shop yesterday enjoying a couple of slices and some nerd was talking into his watch, cuz you know he's cool like that. Very loud such that I could hear him from the other side of the room. "Hey George, did you get my message?" "George, did you get my message?" "Just checking to make sure you got my message."

Took a bit of restraint not to yell "dude, he's probably somewhere trying to enjoy a nice quiet lunch"

Kind of related I hate when people do the voice to text thing and they say they punctuation to get it exact.

“Hi Jen, comma did you get the invite to Sally’s party, question mark. I’m so excited exclamation mark exclamation mark exclamation mark excited emoji.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

A few pages ago someone posted about people and their phones playing audibly in public. And then there were posts about pizza. Tying those together, I was at a pizza shop yesterday enjoying a couple of slices and some nerd was talking into his watch, cuz you know he's cool like that. Very loud such that I could hear him from the other side of the room. "Hey George, did you get my message?" "George, did you get my message?" "Just checking to make sure you got my message."

Took a bit of restraint not to yell "dude, he's probably somewhere trying to enjoy a nice quiet lunch"

Kind of related I hate when people do the voice to text thing and they say they punctuation to get it exact.

“Hi Jen, comma did you get the invite to Sally’s party, question mark. I’m so excited exclamation mark exclamation mark exclamation mark excited emoji.

Someone actually does that? And other people associate with them? Why, for the love of Pete?

And I'm the one who would start responding to the message guy. Not cool, man.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Grammar police time, and this one is understandably difficult:

The use of led vs lead.

Led is the past tense or past participle of the verb lead. Unless you're in the present, you should get the lead out

The led in

[1] The class will be led by Kim.

is used to make a passive voice construction. The active voice equivalent would be

[2] Kim will lead the class.

So led is here not the past tense of lead, but rather the past participle. While one of the uses of the past participle is to form tenses like the present perfect (Kim has led the class before), which are about the past, another use of it is to form the passive voice.

3 would be the simple past form, "Kim led the class."

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Lead Zeppelin.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Lead Zeppelin.

If it's the one with the commander and/or in front, then yes.

 

[Gally]

Directv is fighting with Tegna again. At least before all this, we got the local stations no question.

Directv sucks.

I would tell you to drop it and go streaming but @mr. furley might yell at me


In all seriousness, i was a DTV guy for 25+ years. Just ditched it for YouTube TV (because of NFL) and have been pleasantly surprised. Don't miss DTV at all.

 

[ignatiusjreilly]

My wife refuses to load the dishwasher efficiently. Group like-sized plates together and put each type of silverware in its own compartment. Makes unloading much easier. Also, put things in in a way that maximizes the amount you can fit

 

[Scoresman]

My wife refuses to load the dishwasher efficiently. Group like-sized plates together and put each type of silverware in its own compartment. Makes unloading much easier. Also, put things in in a way that maximizes the amount you can fit

But putting them wherever you want makes loading easier? Which one wins out?

 

[ignatiusjreilly]

My wife refuses to load the dishwasher efficiently. Group like-sized plates together and put each type of silverware in its own compartment. Makes unloading much easier. Also, put things in in a way that maximizes the amount you can fit

But putting them wherever you want makes loading easier? Which one wins out?

It really doesn't, though. If you're dropping a plate in, it takes no more time to put it next to a similarly sized plate. It takes no extra effort to put the forks with the other forks

 

[3C's]

My wife refuses to load the dishwasher efficiently. Group like-sized plates together and put each type of silverware in its own compartment. Makes unloading much easier. Also, put things in in a way that maximizes the amount you can fit

Sort of the same except the silverware. Don't want the spoons spooning and I can still unload it all faster than I can type this response.

I always have to rearrange it or if it's near full and I see her contemplating where to put things I tell her to leave it.